A transcriptomic analysis of Echinococcus granulosus larval stages: implications for parasite biology and host adaptation.

• Main Authors: John Parkinson (Author), James D Wasmuth (Author), Gustavo Salinas (Author), Cristiano V Bizarro (Author), Chris Sanford (Author), Matthew Berriman (Author), Henrique B Ferreira (Author), Arnaldo Zaha (Author), Mark L Blaxter (Author), Rick M Maizels (Author), Cecilia Fernández (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

The cestode Echinococcus granulosus--the agent of cystic echinococcosis, a zoonosis affecting humans and domestic animals worldwide--is an excellent model for the study of host-parasite cross-talk that interfaces with two mammalian hosts. To develop the molecular analysis of these interactions, we c...